Line-guide for fishing-rods.



No. 682,730. Patented Sep t. l7 mm.

H. R. MITCHELL. LINE GUIDE FOR FISHING RDDS.

(Application filed June 7, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MITOHELL-BISSELL CO.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LINE-GUIDE FOR FISHING-RODS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,730, dated.September 17, 1901.

Application filed June 7, 1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY R. MITCHELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Haddonfield, in the county of Camden and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Line-Guidesfor Fishing-Rods, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to line-guides for fishing-rods; and it consists inmeans fully set forth hereinafter for securely connecting theguide-block to the fishing-rod.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, in partsection, of my improved line-guide; Fig. 2, a transverse section on theline 2 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a view illustrating in perspective the stripand so: curing-band detached. Fig. 4 is a side view showing anothermeans of securing the block to the strip. Fig. 5 shows a modified formof block and strip; Fig. 6, a perspective view of a rod with twoline-guides secured thereto different ways.

The block A, through which the line passes, has a central channel orperforation and one or more circumferential grooves. As shown in Fig. 1,there is one groove w between two annular ribs act, and in Fig. 5 thereis a central rib a, forming reduced portions at the opposite sides,which answer the purpose of the groove 00.

In order to secure the block A, whatever may be its particular shape, tothe rod X, I make use of a strip B, which has at the center an elevatedhearing or seat 1), formed by bending the strip upward, as shown, and onthis strip rests the block A, which is secured to the elevated bearingportion or seat in any suitable manner. One manner of securing the sameis by cords or wires 0, binding the same to the seat, as shown in Fig.4; but a preferable connection consists of a band 6, which is passedaround the reduced portion or groove to of the block A and which extendsthrough a perforation y in the elevated portion of the strip B, the ends'1) 'i of the band after being passed through the said perforationsbeing bent outward to clench the band to the strip, as shown in Fig. 2,the block being thus firmly connected to the strip, so as to be held inline therewith in a manner which Serial No. 63,638. (No model.)

is not affected in any Way by the conditions which would ordinarilyinterfere with the connection of guide-eyes to fishing-rods. It will beseen that the band 6 not only holds the block to the strip B laterally,but it also prevents any longitudinal movement of the block upon thestrip. When the annular rib or is in the center, there will be two bands6, and the strip B will be bent or recessed in the center to receive therib a, as shown in Fig. 5.

The ends of the strip B may be secured to the rod in any suitablemanner, as by meansof bands 01 d, as shown in one part of Fig. 6, or .bymeans of a whipping-line f, shown in another position, Fig. 6.Preferably the ends of the strip B are gradually reduced in width andare curved in cross-section, so as to fit the contour of the rod, thetapering of the ends preventing the strip from moving longitudinallywhen secured by the whipping thread or line or other means.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement ofparts shown, I claimq l. A line-guide consisting of a channeled block, aband encircling the same, a strip with a raised and perforated seat forthe block, the ends of the band extending through the perforation of thestrip and secured thereon, substantially as set forth.

2. A line-guide consisting of a channeled block, a band encircling thesame, a strip with a raised and perforated seat for the block, the endsof the band extending through the perforation of the strip and securedthereon by lips formed by bending the ends of the band, substantially asset forth.

3. A line-guide consisting of a channeled block having a circumferentialgroove, a band encircling the same in said groove, a strip with a raisedand perforated seat for the block, the ends of the band extendingthrough the perforation of the strip and secured thereon, substantiallyas set forth.

4. The combination with the guide-block,

of astrip parallel to the axis of the block and provided with a raisedseat upon which the block is supported, and means for secur- IOO of astrip parallel to the axis of the block and provided with a raised seatfor the block, and a band extending around the block and connected withsaid seat, substantiallyas set forth.

6. The combination of the strip having tapering ends and an elevatedbearing or seat, the perforated block supported upon said raisedportion, and means for securing the block to said seat, substantially asset forth.

7. The combination with a fishing-rod, of a strip having an elevatedhearing or seat, means for securing the ends of the strip to the rod,and a guide-block supported upon the seat, and means for securing it tosaid seat, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HENRY R. MITCHELL. Witnesses:

RAYMOND J. TIERNEY, HENRY CRAIG FLEMING.

